BS 7622-2:1993

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Measurement of smoke density of electric cables burning under defined conditions Test procedure and requirements

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

04-15-2000

Language(s)

English

Published date

02-15-1993

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
National foreword
Foreword
1 Introduction
2 Scope
3 Fire source
4 Test assembly
4.1 Cable samples
4.2 Cable selection and assembly
4.3 Positioning of cable samples
5 Test procedure
6 Evaluation of test procedures
7 Retest procedure
National annexes
NA (informative) Publications referred to
NB (informative) Tensioning of test pieces
NC (informative) Sequence of burning for the cable
test
ND (informative) Calculation of absorbence

Gives details of the test procedure to be used for measuring the density smoke emitted from the cables burning under defined conditions. Describes the means of assembling and preparing for test cables having an overall diameter from 2 mm upwards; gives the requirements for evaluating test results; describes the method of burning the cables.

Committee	GEL/20/18
DevelopmentNote	Implementation of HD 606.2 S1. DRAFT FOR COMMENT 89/27410 DC
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	12
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS EN 50268-2:2000

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